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Crash-landing drama

Plane emergency THE local fire brigades have been kept busy with the amount of lightning strikes we have had. We had something different last Saturday, a plane incident out on the Polkinghorn’s property. I was enjoying my bowls tournament but this took priority. Off we go. Two trucks and our road crash rescue vehicle, just […]

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